‘Pray for us. They’ve arrived’: How Syria descended into revenge bloodshed
The cries for revenge reached fever pitch on March 6. Dozens of messages posted by various armed factions on social media, ...
French Foreign Minister Proposes Sanctions on Those Behind Attacks Against Syria's Alawites
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday that he had proposed at a European Union meeting ...
Who are the Alawites facing a new wave of violence in Syria?
The latest killings have included a campaign against Syria's Alawites, which was triggered by an attack on new government ...
In Syria's coastal villages, the Alawite community feels abandoned by the new authorities: 'We want the attackers to be punished'
Between March 7 and 9, the towns of al-Sanobar and Huraysun were taken over by Islamist factions allied with the new Syrian ...
‘Ethnic cleansing!’ Videos show Syrian government-aligned forces reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town
A CNN investigation sheds light on the massacre of an Alawite community in al-Sanobar, or Pine village, where government-aligned forces subjected largely unarmed villagers to summary executions, ...
What's driving killings in Syria and who are the Alawites?
Syria has suffered its worst bloodshed since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power, with more than 1,000 people reported ...
In Baniyas, Syria, a Sunni man who saved Alawites from a massacre speaks: 'We acted out of simple humanity'
In a district of Baniyas, executions perpetrated against Alawites by Sunni factions caused around 100 deaths. A man in his ...
Syria’s Struggle to Unify Military Was Evident in Outburst of Violence
Sectarian-driven killings of civilians this month displayed the government’s weak control over both its own forces and ...
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World must intervene to stop killing of Alawites in Syria, says Lebanese MP Haydar Nasser
Lebanon could be on the brink of a “massive” new refugee crisis if massacres of the Alawite minority in Syria continue, ...
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Worst violence in years in Syria revives fears among minority Alawite and Christian communities
The question asked by many Syrians from Alawite, Shiite, Druse, Christian and other minority communities has become: “Can [I] ...
Amid massacre of Alawites in Syria, Islamist HTS regime and Kurdish SDF reach agreement
The agreement provides for the integration of the armed forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the de facto autonomous ...
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EU, others pledge more than $6bn to Syria in post-al-Assad donor drive
Western powers and regional neighbours attend conference in Brussels aimed at helping country rebuild after civil war.